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CCNC Encouraged by Crown Decision to Appeal Sentence in Angler Assault Case Wednesday March 10, 2010
. The Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC) supports the Crown decision to appeal the sentence in the trial of Trevor Middleton. This trial resulted from an incident on September 16, 2007 where Mr. Middleton used his vehicle, a pickup truck, to repeatedly ram a smaller vehicle off the road and the resulting crash left one young man with permanent brain damage. Mr. Middleton was charged and convicted of four counts of aggravated assault and two counts of criminal negligence by a jury of his peers. Affected victims and families and Asian Canadian communities gave victim impact statements and Justice Alfred Strong delivered a sentence of two years less a day, plus a 10-year driving ban. The Crown had asked for a sentence of eight to 10 years and decided to launch an appeal of the sentence describing it as “manifestly unfit.” “The sentence did not give proper weight to the seriousness of the racially motivated pain and suffering inflicted on the individuals involved and its impact on Asian Canadian communities,” Colleen Hua, CCNC National President said today. “We were disappointed in the sentence and support the Crown's decision to appeal.” CCNC is an equality-seeking organization and urged police authorities to investigate possible hate motivation in these assault cases. In October 2007, CCNC met with Georgina Mayor Robert Grossi who apologized to affected Asian and Jewish communities for the numerous reported incidents of assault and anti-Semitic graffiti. The local council established an equity and diversity committee. Over the past two years, CCNC has monitored this and other assault cases, and has worked with its local CCNC chapters and other local community-based groups to push for more visible political and local community leadership in addressing racism. Founded in 1980, CCNC is a national non-profit organization with 27 chapters across - 30- For more information or media interviews, please contact: Victor Wong, Executive Director (416) 977-9871; national@ccnc.ca  |
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